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If You Were the Next Steve Jobs

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"Profit is a solved problem: we know, to a pretty good approximation, how to make companies profitable." This whole article was somewhat laughable, but this phrase in particular stood out to me.

For those wondering about the approximation, it is: "charge more for the widgets than it costs to make them." You can see why this is clearly a solved problem.

Re: If You Were the Next Steve Jobs

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I think the short answer to this question is "...almost anything, just do it significantly better than anyone has ever done it before."

the "almost anything" can be something no one has ever done before, or perhaps easier, something that is being done by others, but not well. "Significantly better" is where the magic comes.

N.B. starbucks has something called a "short" coffee which is not on the menu (smaller than a tall). I also thought a "half shot" cappuccino was not that uncommon.

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